Shale Oil and Gas The Promise and the Peril, Revised and Updated Second Edition

In the first edition, Shale Gas: The Promise and the Peril, Vikram Rao explained that shale gas has the potential to transform the U.S. energy-based economy in the electricity, transportation, and chemical sectors. Since then, shale oil burst into the national consciousness even more rapidly than di...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Rao, Vikram (-)
Autor Corporativo: Research Triangle Institute (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Research Triangle Park, NC RTI Press/RTI International 2015
Research Triangle Park, NC : 2015.
Edición:2nd ed
Colección:RTI Press Publication
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Sumario:In the first edition, Shale Gas: The Promise and the Peril, Vikram Rao explained that shale gas has the potential to transform the U.S. energy-based economy in the electricity, transportation, and chemical sectors. Since then, shale oil burst into the national consciousness even more rapidly than did shale gas. In the second edition, Rao does more justice to the shale oil–related issues, including the consequences of unpreparedness of infrastructure to deliver fluids to market. Six new chapters discuss issues such as chemicals disclosure and challenges to the orthodoxy in the production of fuels and chemicals. Both the first and second editions are intended to inform both sides of the fracturing debate, where currently rhetoric is overtaking understanding. Tailored for a nontechnical audience—with technical chemistry and geology information couched in sidebars—the second edition culminates in suggestions for research and guidance for policy making.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (239 pages)